Dr Retro
@retroramblings.bsky.social
Writer, film historian, lecturer, bonus feature creator, Wild, Wild Podcast co-host, husband and father, your man in Beijing
Encouraged by @goonpod.bsky.social I watched It's Trad, Dad! and had a great time with it. It's just hard to believe that a bunch of teenagers would get so excited about bands covering songs that even sounded old when their own parents were kids.
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"Ring a Ding Rhythm" / "It's Trad, Dad" (1962)
YouTube video by TheVintageMan
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November 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Encouraged by @goonpod.bsky.social I watched It's Trad, Dad! and had a great time with it. It's just hard to believe that a bunch of teenagers would get so excited about bands covering songs that even sounded old when their own parents were kids.
youtu.be/2O1b8evO2fs?...
youtu.be/2O1b8evO2fs?...
Bruce Lee on display in the absolutely massive China Film Museum in Beijing.
November 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Bruce Lee on display in the absolutely massive China Film Museum in Beijing.
A Chinese student asked me yesterday if she could interview me for a project about being a virgin.
Turned out she was just mispronouncing vegan.
Turned out she was just mispronouncing vegan.
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 AM
A Chinese student asked me yesterday if she could interview me for a project about being a virgin.
Turned out she was just mispronouncing vegan.
Turned out she was just mispronouncing vegan.
Just been introduced to the beautiful work of Russian animator Yuri Norstein. This is a gem of a film:
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Hedgehog in the Fog - Yuri Norstein (2K RESTORATION) (1975)
YouTube video by Yuri Norstein Archive
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November 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Just been introduced to the beautiful work of Russian animator Yuri Norstein. This is a gem of a film:
youtu.be/ktlFHSJ941o?...
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The latest commentary recorded by your favourite cult Italian film podcast is coming soon on this new blu ray from @kinolorber.com and Raro Video:
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Young, Violent, Dangerous | Kino Lorber - Experience Cinema
Paul, Joe and Louie are three young men from good families who decide to go on a bloodthirsty and pointless crime spree, much to the dismay of Paul's girlfriend (Eleonora Giorgi) and the local police ...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The latest commentary recorded by your favourite cult Italian film podcast is coming soon on this new blu ray from @kinolorber.com and Raro Video:
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Jared Leto was pivotal in getting #TronAres made, but it seems he also had the script changed to turn his minor villain into its new hero…
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Tron: Ascension | The shelved Legacy sequel and the Quorra story we never got
Jared Leto was pivotal in getting Tron: Ares made, but it seems he also had the script changed to turn his minor villain into its new hero…
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November 3, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Jared Leto was pivotal in getting #TronAres made, but it seems he also had the script changed to turn his minor villain into its new hero…
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filmstories.co.uk/features/tro...
New episode of Wild, Wild Podcast now available! We cover the early work of Lina Wertmuller, the first women to be nominated for best director at the Academy Awards, as well as sing the praises of Italian pop sensation Rita Pavone:
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Rita the Mosquito (Lina Wertmüller, 1966)
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October 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
New episode of Wild, Wild Podcast now available! We cover the early work of Lina Wertmuller, the first women to be nominated for best director at the Academy Awards, as well as sing the praises of Italian pop sensation Rita Pavone:
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It might just be because I’m tired, but I loved this so much I actually had tears in my eyes by the end.
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Drama on 4 - High Cockalorum - BBC Sounds
Jeremy Dyson's original comedy drama about a humble man and a Hollywood star.
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October 6, 2025 at 6:43 AM
It might just be because I’m tired, but I loved this so much I actually had tears in my eyes by the end.
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I reviewed this release of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour from @imprintfilms.bsky.social over on Cinema Retro. In short, it's great:
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October 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I reviewed this release of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour from @imprintfilms.bsky.social over on Cinema Retro. In short, it's great:
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Thank you to @retroramblings.bsky.social for this great review of Richard Scheib's A Viewing Guide to the Pandemic!
"[A]nother left field, entertaining film book from Headpress".
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"[A]nother left field, entertaining film book from Headpress".
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BOOK REVIEW: "A VIEWING GUIDE TO THE PANDEMIC: DEPICTIONS OF PLAGUE AND PANDEMIC ON FILM AND TV" BY RICHARD SCHEIB - Cinema Retro
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October 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thank you to @retroramblings.bsky.social for this great review of Richard Scheib's A Viewing Guide to the Pandemic!
"[A]nother left field, entertaining film book from Headpress".
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"[A]nother left field, entertaining film book from Headpress".
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This handsome thing has just been announced by @vinsyn.bsky.social, featuring an essay in the accompanying booklet by me!
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The Man Who Could Cheat Death
2025 Subscribers: This is included in your subscription package.
This special limited edition 2-disc 4K UHD/Blu-ray set comes with a spot gloss hard split box + slipcover combo (designed by Tony Stell
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October 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This handsome thing has just been announced by @vinsyn.bsky.social, featuring an essay in the accompanying booklet by me!
vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...
vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...
Just submitted a booklet essay for an upcoming release of a late-in-the-cycle spaghetti western.
October 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Just submitted a booklet essay for an upcoming release of a late-in-the-cycle spaghetti western.
Something tasty is coming soon from historian and cool dude Eugenio Ercolani:
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Cannibal Worlds + The Last Cannibal World in 4K
The definitive book about the most controversial movie genre ever made, with more than 50 exclusive interviews.
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October 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Something tasty is coming soon from historian and cool dude Eugenio Ercolani:
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www.ulule.com/cannibalworl...
My review of a new book from Headpress Publishing is now live on Cinema Retro:
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October 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
My review of a new book from Headpress Publishing is now live on Cinema Retro:
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Did anyone else find it weird that Strictly paid tribute to Top of the Pops this evening?
September 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Did anyone else find it weird that Strictly paid tribute to Top of the Pops this evening?
Very excited to have written my first essay for @umbrellaent.bsky.social, and what a great-looking release! I think this is also the first bonus content I've created for a film made in the 21st century. Available for pre-order now!
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Wasabi (2001) Blu-ray Collector's Edition
When a hard-hitting French detective (Jean Reno, Leon: The Professional) is dropped into Tokyo for the funeral of his long-lost love, he brings fists, attitude, and zero patience. But in a city where ...
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September 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Very excited to have written my first essay for @umbrellaent.bsky.social, and what a great-looking release! I think this is also the first bonus content I've created for a film made in the 21st century. Available for pre-order now!
shop.umbrellaent.com.au/products/was...
shop.umbrellaent.com.au/products/was...
If you listened to every podcast I've ever done back to back without sleep, it will last about a week.
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Dr. Adrian Smith on Podchaser
Host, Editor, and Producer on Wild, Wild Podcast, Host and Editor on Second Features, and Guest on B-Movie Cast, The Bloody Pit, and Cult Connections. Dr. Adrian Smith is a film historian, writer, and...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
If you listened to every podcast I've ever done back to back without sleep, it will last about a week.
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Another commentary track in the can, this time for a banger of an Italian poliziotteschi.
September 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Another commentary track in the can, this time for a banger of an Italian poliziotteschi.
Another great case for Paul Temple and Steve, with a genuinely perplexing mystery and a whole host of suspects. However, I think we’re supposed to overlook Temple slipping a sleeping pill in his wife’s drink. That’s fine apparently.
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Paul Temple - Paul Temple and Steve - 1. The Notorious Dr Belasco - BBC Sounds
Paul and Steve are enlisted to track down the mysterious Dr Belasco.
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September 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Another great case for Paul Temple and Steve, with a genuinely perplexing mystery and a whole host of suspects. However, I think we’re supposed to overlook Temple slipping a sleeping pill in his wife’s drink. That’s fine apparently.
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www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The final episode in our Rapiers and Ruffles season is now available on all podcast platforms. What will Rod and I do if we disagree over the films from this season? And which films have you enjoyed? Let us know!
Part of the @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
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Part of the @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
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Bonus Episode: Ranking the Rapiers and the Ruffles
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September 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The final episode in our Rapiers and Ruffles season is now available on all podcast platforms. What will Rod and I do if we disagree over the films from this season? And which films have you enjoyed? Let us know!
Part of the @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/7AZb...
Part of the @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/7AZb...
About 8 years ago I wrote a booklet essay about Joe D'Amato for the @88films.bsky.social release of Beyond the Darkness. Today I've just written another booklet essay about Joe D'Amato for a surprising top secret release coming soon!
September 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
About 8 years ago I wrote a booklet essay about Joe D'Amato for the @88films.bsky.social release of Beyond the Darkness. Today I've just written another booklet essay about Joe D'Amato for a surprising top secret release coming soon!
Latest episode of Wild, Wild Podcast is available everywhere now. Join us for the last film of the season - Zorro in the Court of England! Part of the @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social:
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Zorro in the Court of England ( Franco Montemurro, 1969)
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September 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Latest episode of Wild, Wild Podcast is available everywhere now. Join us for the last film of the season - Zorro in the Court of England! Part of the @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social:
open.spotify.com/episode/51YV...
open.spotify.com/episode/51YV...
I reviewed the Shaw Brothers oddball action-comedy The Weird Man for Cinema Retro:
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August 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I reviewed the Shaw Brothers oddball action-comedy The Weird Man for Cinema Retro:
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Two Frightfest legends.
August 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Two Frightfest legends.
Excited to be heading back to Frightfest again this year!
August 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Excited to be heading back to Frightfest again this year!